WEDNESDAY Baked ham, potatoes, vegetables, rolls, dessert. 5 to 6:30 p.m. VFW Post No. 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. 767-2575. $7. Souper supper, a free meal featuring homemade soup, salad, breads, desserts and beverages served at table. 5 to 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Church, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth. Community meal, free, 5 p.m., Westbrook […]
Community
Briefs
WATERVILLE/OAKLAND Credit union sponsors financial fair for students New Dimensions Federal Credit Union recently gave a Financial Fitness Fair at Messalonskee High School in Oakland. The mission was to provide education on financial security and basic real-life budgeting concepts for some 720 students. Participants chose a profession, were assigned an annual salary and credit score, […]
Mount Vernon’s Jajliardo named January STAR Student
Eighth grader enrolled at Maine Connections Academy.
Community meals
WEDNESDAY Shepherd’s pie, salads, rolls, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m. VFW Post No. 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. 767-2575. $7. Community meal, free, 5 p.m., Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St., Westbrook. Co-sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church and Wayside Food Programs. Free parking, handicapped-accessible. THURSDAY Community meal, free, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s […]
Births
Central Maine Medical Center Giovanni Guy D’Alfonso, born Dec. 23 to Melanie Veilleux and Joshua D’Alfonso of Auburn. Grandparents are Laurie Veilleux and Gil and Tricia Veilleux, all of Auburn, and Nicholas D’Alfonso Jr. and Melissa D’Alfonso, both of Westbrook. SOUTHERN MAINE HEALTH CARE Andre Raoul Tellier III, born Jan. 2 to Andre Tellier Jr. […]
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PORTLAND Writers Alliance gets grant to help ‘Poets From Here’ The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance has received a grant from the Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Expansion Arts Fund to support “Poems From Here,” a recently launched initiative from Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum. “Poems From Here” is a weekly radio broadcast on Maine Public […]
Events
WELLS Library programs for week Wells Public Library will offer the following programs this week at 1434 Post Road: • Mother Goose Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Monday. Ages 2 and younger, with their caregivers, are invited to engage in lap activities, rhymes, songs and fingerplays. • Penguin Party, 6 p.m. Thursday, to celebrate with penguin crafts, […]
Community meals
MONDAY 14th annual Martin Luther King Holiday Breakfast, quiche, sausage, veggie slaw, blueberry buckle, fruit and coffee, 8:30 a.m. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Kennebunk, 114 Main St., Kennebunk. $15, $5 ages 6 to 12; free 5 and under. Reservations recommended by calling 985-1411 or email [email protected]. Guest speaker Josh Hoxie, Institute for Policy […]
Events
SOUTH PORTLAND Boys & Girls Clubs art exhibit The 2017 Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine Fine Arts Exhibit is now showcasing the works of young artist members from southern Maine at its CIA Café, 72 Ocean St. This annual show features more than 40 local club member works created in acrylic, pastel, pencil, […]
Briefs
SANFORD Grieving Children support volunteer facilitators sought The Center for Grieving Children is looking for volunteer facilitators to lead peer-support groups at its Sanford service site. Center volunteers will be trained to work with children and families confronting loss, change and grief when someone close to them dies or is seriously ill, providing support in […]